Sorry, but it doesn't work for me.The "headless effect" needs a close look to actually be seen - I saw a second image of this man on your website which imho looked better.The crop also should be tighter if you ask me.

Sorry, but it doesn't work for me.The "headless effect" needs a close look to actually be seen - I saw a second image of this man on your website which imho looked better.The crop also should be tighter if you ask me.

No pirate! An image I took myself. The original was taken by Seoonmie in June. This "act" must obviously be on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on a regular basis. I saw him in August as part of the annual Fringe Festival which takes place in the first three weeks of August. If you scroll down the link to Flickr in my signature he is "there" taken on August 09.

Sorry, but it doesn't work for me.The "headless effect" needs a close look to actually be seen - I saw a second image of this man on your website which imho looked better.The crop also should be tighter if you ask me.

I'd agree, Chris. The picture needs to be tighter, and the headless "man" needs some dodging to make it clear he's headless. The solution would have been to get closer, but as we've all learned, once you make a mistake you have to live with it, so cropping, in this case, becomes necessary.

And I agree that Stamper hijacked the thread by plopping down his own picture, which then competes with the original. On the other hand, as far as I've seen, everybody on LuLa has always been comfortable with suggested modifications on the original. Like this one.

I'd certainly agree that monochrome improves things. Most street photography is better in black and white, unless it's a situation where color is part of the point. Rajan's "Newspaper Stand" is an example of that. And, yes, more work needs to be done to make the "headlessness" clear. I'd also go for lifting some of the lows a bit to bring out more detail in the guy's clothing. I'd work hard on this one to improve it. Underneath, it's s quite good street shot.